"On Becoming a Guinea Fowl," Rungano Nyoni's new film, explores grief, secrets and trauma among a Zambian family. Susan Chardy is great in her debut.

After showing how a culture of silence around abuse can devastate entire generations, the arresting A24 film holds a mirror up to the audience and asks, “What happens if we scream?” ...

Our art reflects a commitment to the pleasant, a subtlety and delay in how we communicate, and an easygoing acceptance of ...

Though people may complain about guinea fowl being loud, there are many advantages of keeping guinea fowl on your property. Guinea fowl have an almost prehistoric appearance compared to chickens ...

Few things are as dangerous as familial cultures of silence around the perpetuation of abuse. Of course, it's common for families to want to protect their own, and in many cultures that's considered a ...

But a person’s life, and its ripple effects, have a way of lingering. Delicate but fierce, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” is the second feature from the Zambian-born, Welsh-raised writer ...

“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” makes a valid argument for speaking ill of the dead, especially if it bucks this respectful tradition by revealing the harm they caused while living. In this ...

“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” is not the first film about family secrets coming to light through grief, but it may be the most original. Rungano Nyoni’s amazing film — she wrote and directed ...